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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2010-05-06 10:56:07 +1000
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2010-05-06 10:56:07 +1000
commit0ffbe2699cda6afbe08501098dff8a8c2fe6ae09 (patch)
tree81b1a2305d16c873371b65c5a863c0268036cefe /include/linux/writeback.h
parent4e5d6f7ec3833c0da9cf34fa5c53c6058c5908b6 (diff)
parent7ebd467551ed6ae200d7835a84bbda0dcadaa511 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/writeback.h')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 76e8903cd20..36520ded3e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
older than this */
+ unsigned long wb_start; /* Time writeback_inodes_wb was
+ called. This is needed to avoid
+ extra jobs and livelock */
long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
this for each page written */
long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */